How Did You Discover The Escapist?

[Kris015]

My friend watched Unforgotten Realms, he didn't like it but I did. Then BAM, it got me here.

 

[Venereus]

I remember reading someone mentioning Yahtzee on some forum, something along the lines of "he's the only game reviewer I trust", so it got my attention. I looked it up, and here I am.

 

[Julianking93]

Was on IMDB's board for Metal Gear Solid 4 where someone linked Yahtzee's review of it.

I continued to watch Yahtzee's reviews for a while until I actually figured out there was more to this site and decided to join.

 

[Griffstar]

Probably from ZP video a couple years ago were I decided to lurk until last week.

 

[Flauros]

I used to play this Adventure game called 5 Days a Stranger......

Finally another one! I played 5 Days a Stranger, 7 Days a Skeptic, Trilby's Notes and 6 Days A Sacrifice. I also enjoyed his other stuff, such as Chris and Trilby and the Duke Nukem ad-on he made. I checked on to his site and found out that the youtube videos with Zero Punctuaction he made earned him a job, so I clicked the link and loved the reviews. I started checking The Escapist every week for his reviews then with time I learned that I enjoyed other things too (When Unskippable joined the crew). Then at last I started reading articles and joining the forum.

lol yeah, its really weird hes famous now. Id say "i wonder how that guy is that made those awesome adventure games and cowboy comics. Im gonna make my own website, let me see how his is doing." and wouldnt you know, he does little game reviews too!


Yeah, I used to be a member of Underdogs, which had his games. Really good writing, memorable. Still think about the way your chased in 7 days, thats something that should be implemented more often. Ive designed a maze, and its always better to have a minotaur or something always chasing you. Makes it more about survival then just figuring out a puzzle.

 

[Yopaz]

lol yeah, its really weird hes famous now. Id say "i wonder how that guy is that made those awesome adventure games and cowboy comics. Im gonna make my own website, let me see how his is doing." and wouldnt you know, he does little game reviews too!


Yeah, I used to be a member of Underdogs, which had his games. Really good writing, memorable. Still think about the way your chased in 7 days, thats something that should be implemented more often. Ive designed a maze, and its always better to have a minotaur or something always chasing you. Makes it more about survival then just figuring out a puzzle.

What I still think is hilarious is that I watched a friend play 7 Days and there was a bug in it back then. So when he was chased by the dead guy the door opened all of a sudden, he prepared to shoot him, but no-one entered. He relaxed a bit, and all of a sudden he stood on his feet ready to kill him. Hilarious. Good to see such success for someone who's really worked to achieve it.

 

[Artina89]

I am one of those that came on here through Zero Punctuation. I still watch Zero Punctuation every week.

 

[George Page]

I had heard about a little game out called Bioshock, and I wanted to know how the reviews were. Google search led to Digg.com, where someone had announced that Zero Punctuation had done a review of it.

I watched the vid, watched the others before it, watched the two on youtube.com, went back to again watch all the vids on escapist...

and have been eagerly looking forward to Wednesdays around noon ever since!

Thanks, Yahtzee, for your work, and for introducing me to all the great stuff on escapistmagazine.com!